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Sunday, March 2, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILA Merrillville man has been injured after his snowmobile struck a hard three-foot pile of snow.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the accident occurred about 6 p.m. Sunday in Griffith, about 25 miles southeast of Chicago.
Conservation Officer Shawn Brown says 39-year-old John Budack was riding a snowmobile on a local bicycle trail when the vehicle struck a hard mound of snow, knocking him off.
Budack was taken to a hospital in Munster and was being treated for a possible broken leg and broken wrists.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INAn Anderson woman was injured Wednesday morning after a snowmobile she was on crashed. Police say the driver was drunk.
Indiana conservation officers responded to the 20400 block of Creek Road in Noblesville for a crash around midnight Wednesday. Upon investigation, police say Joel Hackleman, 42, of Noblesville, was driving the snowmobile and drove into a ditch. Hackleman was ejected. His passenger, Rebecca Benson, 32, was over the handlebars of the vehicle.
Benson was taken to St. Vincent Hospital for a serious leg injury.
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Friday, January 3, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INA man was airlifted to the hospital with serious internal injuries after a snowmobile crash in Kosciusko County.
According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 31-year-old Keith Hochstetler, of Milford, was driving a snowmobile in the area of 600 N and 150 W when he hit a snowbank and was thrown off the vehicle. Investigators said Hochstetler was going around 50 mph at the time of the crash.